In occasion of the exposition ONE PREVIOUS OWNER
ONE PREVIOUS OWNER
Saturday 15 May 1pm - 4.00pm
The collection at Shandy Hall is the most complete of editions of Laurence Sterne's writings: Tristram Shandy; A Sentimental Journey; The Sermons of Mr Yorick and the author's Letters.
Many of these editions record the identities of the individuals who owned them before they found their way to Sterne’s study - occasionally showing every step of their journey of over 250 years.
To acknowledge these previous owners there will be an exhibition of editions from the collection in the gallery at Shandy Hall where names and identities will be on display. The exhibition will focus on a rare, hand-coloured copy of Eboracum or the History and Antiquities of the City of York by Francis Drake. This copy (published in 1736) has a particularly rich and unusual history that is documented by a dedication, owner signatures and bookplates.
With the passage or loss of time, old books are no longer text and binding alone but also what their former readers have left in them over the years, marks, comments, exclamations, profanities, photographs, dedications or ex libris, a letter, sheet of paper or signature, a waterspot, burn or stain or simply their names as the books' owners.Javier Marias, from 'Dark Back of Time' p.286, Chatto & Windus 2004.
ONE PREVIOUS OWNER
Saturday 15 May 1pm - 4.00pm
Continues until 30 June
At a time of change in the publishing world, with the advent of the virtual book and the digital download, this exhibition reminds us of the printed book as a physical object and the history it can carry within its pages.
Open every day (except Saturdays)
11am - 4.00pm.
Admission Free
PAST EVENTS
TRISTRAM SHANDY - University of York Practical Project 2009
73
artists/writers have agreed to make a new Black Page for exhibition in
the gallery at Shandy Hall in September 2009
John Lawrence, "Lawrence on Laurence
and Lawrence. An illustrated talk"